“Yesterday, in Paris”, Costa added during his visit to Ukraine, “26 countries plus the European Union committed to joint forces on offer strong security guarantees to Ukraine through air, land, sea and the regeneration of Ukraine’s forces. Yesterday, we demonstrated that the Coalition is not only willing, but it is able to deliver. In a nutshell – we are ready for the ‘day after’. But for that day to come, we must push Putin to the negotiating table”. And however, “Russian bombs continue to hit Ukrainian cities, killing people, killing children, destroying cities and causing enormous suffering. Only more pressure can change this course and we are ready to do more. We are working with the United States and other like-minded partners to increase our pressure” on Moscow “through further sanctions, direct sanctions and secondary sanctions. More economic measures to push Russia to stop this war, to stop killing people, to stop destroying Ukraine”. And he went on to say: “It is clear that Ukraine’s European Union full membership is not only the best security guarantees, it is also the most effective path for prosperity and for the best future for Ukrainian people”.